RON RODWELL – RETIRED MEMBER OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT BRANCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE

No: 380/17

3rd July 2017

TO: ALL BRANCHES

Dear Colleague

RON RODWELL – RETIRED MEMBER OF THE MOUNT PLEASANT BRANCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE

It is with great sadness and regret I must advise branches that on Friday 30th June 2017, Ron Rodwell, retired member of the Mount Pleasant Branch and former member of the Standing Orders Committee passed away following a battle with cancer.

Ron Rodwell started working at the Post Office on the 8th January 1979 and joined the UCW the very same day. He became a Basingstoke Amal Branch Committee member in 1980, onwards held the positions of Branch Chairman in 1981 and Branch Secretary from 1982 to 1985. Ron was awarded Branch Honorary Membership in 1987 and joined the Inland Section Amal Branch Committee in 1988 and 1992.

Ron became Mount Pleasant Branch Deputy Secretary/Deputy Area Rep in June 1992 to February 1997, Ex-officio /Committee in 1997, Assistant local rep in 1998 and Branch Chair in February 1999 until 2003.

Ron was elected to the General Conference Standing Orders Committee in December 1996, SOC (Postal) in June 1995, the Postal SOC Secretary in November 1998 and Chair General Conference SOC in 2003. He has been a member of the union for 38 years.

Ron’s dedicated service to the union was recognised when he was presented with the union’s highest award, National Honorary Membership in April 2006.

Ron made a huge contribution over many years both to the CWU and its predecessor unions – and to the wider trade union movement. He was a well-respected trade unionist of conviction and I know that he will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues in the union and wider labour movement.

At this terribly sad time our thoughts are of course with Ron’s wife Eve and their family. I will on behalf of the CWU convey our deepest sympathy and condolences to his wife and other family members.

Bearing in mind Ron was living in Spain at the time of his passing, we do not have any information as yet to any funeral details we will contact branches again if further information is made available about the arrangements for this event.

Any further enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the General Secretary’s Office at gsoffice@cwu.org quoting the reference GS1.1.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward

General Secretary